in the palm of your hand

in the palm of your hand
in the palm of (your) hand under your complete control.

The audience was fascinated — he held them in the palm of his hand.


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • have someone in the palm of your hand — phrase to have complete power over someone so that they do what you tell them to do He had the audience in the palm of his hand. Thesaurus: to be in chargesynonym Main entry: palm * * * have someone in the palm of your hand see ↑palm …   Useful english dictionary

  • have (someone) in the palm of (your) hand — to have so much control over someone that they will do whatever you want them to do. She s got her boyfriend eating out of the palm of her hand. It was such an amazing performance he had the audience in the palm of his hand …   New idioms dictionary

  • have somebody in the palm of your hand — have sb in the ˌpalm of your ˈhand idiom to have complete control or influence over sb • Even before he plays a note, he has the audience in the palm of his hand. Main entry: ↑palmidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • eat out of the palm of your hand — do whatever you ask, obey you, win the hearts    If you tell the children a story, you ll have them eating out of the palm of your hand …   English idioms

  • have someone in the palm of your hand — to have complete power over someone so that they do what you tell them to do He had the audience in the palm of his hand …   English dictionary

  • in the cup of your hand — ◇ If you hold something in the cup of your hand, you hold it in your palm with your hand curved like a cup. He held the seeds in the cup of his hand. [=he cupped the seeds in his hand] • • • Main Entry: ↑cup …   Useful english dictionary

  • in the hollow of your hand — ◇ If you hold something in the hollow of your hand, you hold it in your palm with your hand curved like a cup I held the bead in the hollow of my hand. • • • Main Entry: ↑hollow …   Useful english dictionary

  • in the palm of hand — in the palm of (your) hand under your complete control. The audience was fascinated he held them in the palm of his hand …   New idioms dictionary

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  • palm — palm1 [pa:m US pa:m, pa:lm] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of hand)¦ 2¦(tree)¦ 3 hold/have somebody in the palm of your hand 4 read somebody s palm ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(PART OF HAND)¦ the inside surface of your hand, in which you hold things in sb s palm ▪ She… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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